PGD for balanced translocation??

We just found out my husband has a balanced translication after two miscarriages. We are going for our initial genetic consult on Tuesday but after a lit of research it seems PGD is our best option. Hoping for advice and success stories if you have any to share.

We just found out my husband has a balanced translication after two miscarriages. We are going for our initial genetic consult on Tuesday but after a lit of research it seems PGD is our best option. Hoping for advice and success stories if you have any to share.

Just did PGD and found out I was pregnant last week! My husband has a genetic disease that is dominant so there's a 50% chance of passing it to our children. We chose to go with PGD.
We started the process last year but had to postpone it due to money issues. However, we started by getting our genetic probes created. We did that through Genesis Genetics in Detroit MI.
We started the IVF cycle at the end of July. My retrieval was Aug 3rd and my transfer was Aug 8th. My first ultrasound is this Thursday! We should find out if more than one embryo took that day. Let me know if you have any specific questions!

Just did PGD and found out I was pregnant last week! My husband has a genetic disease that is dominant so there's a 50% chance of passing it to our children. We chose to go with PGD.
We started the process last year but had to postpone it due to money issues. However, we started by getting our genetic probes created. We did that through Genesis Genetics in Detroit MI.
We started the IVF cycle at the end of July. My retrieval was Aug 3rd and my transfer was Aug 8th. My first ultrasound is this Thursday! We should find out if more than one embryo took that day. Let me know if you have any specific questions!

My husband also has a balanced translocation. We found out after our first miscarriage. After meeting with a genetic counselor we were given a 75-80% for a successful healthy pregnancy. So we decided to take our chances and try naturally again, and fortunately it worked out. My advice would be to find out what the genetic counselor has to say before taking a drastic step like IVF with PGD. Good luck hun.

My husband also has a balanced translocation. We found out after our first miscarriage. After meeting with a genetic counselor we were given a 75-80% for a successful healthy pregnancy. So we decided to take our chances and try naturally again, and fortunately it worked out. My advice would be to find out what the genetic counselor has to say before taking a drastic step like IVF with PGD. Good luck hun.

Thanks for the hope!! Did they recommend you do a CVS test or amnio?? If you don't mind me asking, how many miscarriages have you had while trying naturally? I haven't slept in a few days in anticipation of our appointment tomorrow. Hoping for odds like yours!!

Thanks for the hope!! Did they recommend you do a CVS test or amnio?? If you don't mind me asking, how many miscarriages have you had while trying naturally? I haven't slept in a few days in anticipation of our appointment tomorrow. Hoping for odds like yours!!

Hi there, I just wanted to let you know that I too have a balanced translocation. I found out about it when I was pregnant with my beautiful baby girl and she too has it. My first and only pregnancy ever and everything went fine. I'm experiencing fertility issues now, but not related to that, its moreso due to my age (42), but I am still trying! We have decided to go with IVF and I've already had the PGD consultation. They've told me that any embryos tested that are either normal or have the translocation will still be transferred, giving me better chances at getting pregnant since we know that any others would likely lead to a miscarriage. PGD will weed out any embryos that aren't viable because the chromosomes just won't line up. My cycle starts this week so I will go in for the IVF consultation shortly and get the process started.

Hope that all makes sense, and don't worry, everything will be fine.

Hi there, I just wanted to let you know that I too have a balanced translocation. I found out about it when I was pregnant with my beautiful baby girl and she too has it. My first and only pregnancy ever and everything went fine. I'm experiencing fertility issues now, but not related to that, its moreso due to my age (42), but I am still trying! We have decided to go with IVF and I've already had the PGD consultation. They've told me that any embryos tested that are either normal or have the translocation will still be transferred, giving me better chances at getting pregnant since we know that any others would likely lead to a miscarriage. PGD will weed out any embryos that aren't viable because the chromosomes just won't line up. My cycle starts this week so I will go in for the IVF consultation shortly and get the process started.

I just came back to the site as we are starting our first round of IVF with PGS in a few weeks. The anxiety is kicking in big time!! I was just curious how many eggs they retrieved and how many normal/balanced embryos you had. Also, how many did you transfer? I know that we will have the family we so desire someday, I'm just hoping this first cycle works for us!! Hope things are going great for you!!

I just came back to the site as we are starting our first round of IVF with PGS in a few weeks. The anxiety is kicking in big time!! I was just curious how many eggs they retrieved and how many normal/balanced embryos you had. Also, how many did you transfer? I know that we will have the family we so desire someday, I'm just hoping this first cycle works for us!! Hope things are going great for you!!

This is pretty old post but I wanted to let you know I'm in the same boat our first pregnancy ended in mc we went 2 years without getting pregnant despite not preventing it what so ever. Finally we got pregnant( we didn't know able the translocation at that time) all ultrasounds looked good at 32 weeks we found out our daughter had one kidney when she was born she had breathing problems, small eyes small mouth one ear smaller due to her kidney they form at the same time, at 2 months we were admitted to the hospital for 5 months and had 5 surgeries! My daughter is behind and has a feeding tube, our only option is now IVF with genetic testing

This is pretty old post but I wanted to let you know I'm in the same boat our first pregnancy ended in mc we went 2 years without getting pregnant despite not preventing it what so ever. Finally we got pregnant( we didn't know able the translocation at that time) all ultrasounds looked good at 32 weeks we found out our daughter had one kidney when she was born she had breathing problems, small eyes small mouth one ear smaller due to her kidney they form at the same time, at 2 months we were admitted to the hospital for 5 months and had 5 surgeries! My daughter is behind and has a feeding tube, our only option is now IVF with genetic testing

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